A personal blog

I shared a twitter thread on my first experience using Dharma Lever Alpha to borrow and lend Ethereum and MakerDAO’s DAI. Thread by @scottshapiro: “Just loaned (and borrowed) some $ETH using @DharmaProtocol Lever’s alpha product. Very cool experience. Some quick thoughts: All I had to do […]”

I’ve spent the last three weeks on parental leave. It’s been awesome getting to know our daughter Ava better. But in between the hundreds of diaper changes, bottle feeds, and 5 S’s, I managed to explore some cryptocurrency projects. Often early in the morning or late at night when mom and baby are sleeping. Note … →

In 2010, I was weighing a heavy decision. I had two compelling job offers. Do I return to the Ads Product Marketing team at Facebook, where I had interned and continued to work part time during grad school? Or do I join Google as a Product Manager? I joined Facebook in 2010 I chose Facebook … →

I love Booking.com. It’s my favorite travel reservation site. I often book way more reservations than I’ll ever use. Sometimes I’m not sure I’ll actually be able to travel. Other times I’m not sure where the weather will be best. I love optionality. But it’s hard to keep track of all the reservations I make. … →

tldr: Both wallets are solid; Trezor has a slight lead I’m a big fan of the mantra “not your keys, not your coin” pioneered by @aantonop. Hardware wallets like Trezor, Keepkey, and Ledger store your keys in the safest way possible (outside of a beefy vault safe). Which means your coins are also the safest. … →

Ever since I heard of Prism by Shapeshift I’ve been anxious to try it out! I’m a huge fan of financial derivatives and cryptocurrency. Founder Erik Voorhees is a legendary cryptocurrency entrepreneur and is always ahead of the curve. His cryptocurrency exchange company Shapeshift recently acquired Keepkey, launched Prism, and he initiated a token sale … →

After entering cryptocurrency via Bitcoin in 2013, I expanded my purview to other coins. Below is my opinion on the fundamentals of some other cryptocurrencies, without regard to price or technical analysis. Disclosure: I hold positions in many of these below. This is not investment advice. The big three cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum are … →

The folks at Coinworld.io (Scandinavia’s largest cryptocurrency news site) recently reached out about having me as a guest author. All it took was a quick Messenger conversation and we had a plan. I started this whole effort only a month ago, so I was happy to let them republish my most recent post about the … →